Run the industry-standard MATLAB and Simulink on Kubuntu Focus systems.
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Sign in to MathWorks to download and install MATLAB. Click Install MATLAB at the top right.
Click Download for Linux
to download the MATLAB zip archive. This takes around 10 seconds on a 500 Mbit/s connection.
Unzip the archive and run the installer.
The MATLAB installer appears. Sign in with your email address.
Enter your password to sign in to MathWorks and begin installation.
Read the MathWorks software license agreement and accept if you agree to the terms.
Select your license or activation key.
Confirm your name, email address, and login name.
Select the destination folder for MATLAB output.
Select which products to install. We recommend MATLAB and Simulink to start.
Create symbolic links to MATLAB scripts. This is optional and not required.
Review the selections and ensure that they are correct.
MATLAB and other selected products install in about 3-5 minutes.
The installation is complete. A directory called MATLAB
is created.
Move the matlab
executable into the Simulink directory. Use the CLI to start MATLAB.
Open Simulink from the panel at the top-right.
The Simulink start page appears and prompts you to select a template or open a file. Choose the latter.
Use a model from the directory MATLAB/examples
.
Open the file to view the model of an automatic transmission. To begin data collection, click the data inspector in the top panel.
The data inspector appears and gives you an overview of how to use it. Close the overview.
Click run
in the panel.
Open the data inspector to review your results.
After the test is done, the data appears in the inspector. Click the checkboxes to show the information.
Congratulations! You have now successfully run an example model in Simulink.
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